NASB
"One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind."
— Ecclesiastes 4:6, NASB
“Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.”
“Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind. ”
“Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.”
“Better is one handful with some rest than two hands full of toil and chasing the wind.”
“Better is a handful with rest, than both hands full with labour, and vexation of mind.”
“One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.”
“Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.”
But better off than both of them is the one who has never existed, who has never seen the evil activity that is done under the sun.
I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is vanity and striving after wind.
The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.
One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.
Then I looked again at vanity under the sun.
There was a certain man without a dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, "And for whom am I laboring and depriving myself of pleasure?" This too is vanity and it is a grievous task.
Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor.